Privacy Policy

The policy of Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Inc. ("NHS") is to respect and protect the privacy of our website users. NHS takes the privacy of our users seriously and wants our users to feel comfortable using this website. This Privacy Policy discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices. This Privacy Policy does not apply to other entities that are not owned, controlled or affiliated with NHS, nor does it apply to persons who are not employees or agents of NHS or its affiliated entities or that are not under the control of NHS.

NHS does not knowingly solicit, collect or retain information from anyone 18 years of age and under.

NHS does not sell, exchange, or release any personally identifiable information to a third party except as required to conduct transactions through the website. From time to time we may introduce new products and services to our customers. To the extent these new products and services affect this policy, this policy will be modified or updated. This policy may also be modified from time to time to reflect legal or other requirements, and NHS reserves the right to update or modify this policy at any time without prior notice. Your use of this website following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by this Privacy Policy as changed.

If you have any questions or concerns about our Website Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:
Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, Inc.
1279 N. Milwaukee Ave., 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60622
or e-mail us at webmaster@nhschicago.org.

Website Usage Statistics

If you do nothing during your visit to our site but browse through this website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We collect this information for statistical purposes, to measure customer interest in various areas of this website, and to help make this website more useful to visitors. We will disclose this information to third parties only in aggregate form.

Cookies

While NHS does not place a cookie in the browser files of your computer, other companies or sites to which we link have the ability to assign their cookies to you in a process not under our control. We are not responsible for their privacy policies or how they treat information about their users. However, NHS will not provide them with information where you have indicated that you do not consent.

Use of Information

If you choose to send us personally identifiable information -- as in an e-mail or by filling out a form with your personally identifiable information and submitting it to us through this website -- we will use that information only to respond to your message or request. This information is used only by those employees who are involved in the operation of this website or whose job it is to respond to your message or request. NHS never sells any of its lists to third parties. We will only share personally identifiable information with third parties (i) when the person submitting the information authorizes us to share it; (ii) as provided for in this Privacy Policy; (iii) when a service provided on this website requires interaction with a third party; (iv) if it is found that your use of this website violates NHS’s policy, terms of use, or other usage guidelines, or if it is deemed necessary by NHS or its affiliated entities to protect the legal rights or NHS or its affiliated entities; or (v) when or if we are required to by law, court order, legal action or law enforcement. We do not create individual profiles with the information that you provide us.

Opting Out

If you subscribe to the NHS e-alert we will keep your email address, name and preferences on record. We use this information to send you e-mail messages about NHS. This information is saved in our database and only NHS staff accesses it for the purpose of sending out e-mail messages. If you wish to be removed from this list please do so by contacting us at the office address, e-mail address above, or by following directions for removing yourself provided within our e-mail alerts.

Linking to Websites Outside NHS

This website has many links to other sites. Links to other sites are provided for convenience only. When you link to any of these sites, you are no longer on NHS's site and are subject to the privacy policy of the new site. You are advised to read the privacy policies on those sites.

Website Security

For website security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload and change information, or otherwise cause damage.